This Radeon HD 4850x2 graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

DirectX 10 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon HD 4850x2 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 4850x2 in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 4850x2 graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series released by AMD Graphics Product Group, sold under the ATI brand. The foundation chip, codenamed RV770, was announced and demonstrated on June 16, 2008 as part of the FireStream 9250 and Cinema 2.0 initiative launch media event, with official release of the HD4800 series on June 25, 2008. Other variants include enthusiast-oriented RV790, mainstream product RV730, RV740 and entry-level RV710.